The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-07-27
4 WAR ST0RY'S SEQUEL.
THE TALE OF a BRAVE YOUNG OF
FICER AND now HE ESCAPED.

THE TALE OF 4 BRAVE YOUNG OF
FICER AND EOW HE ESCAPED.
General Bragg Orders Him to i'e S!'"5 'e-
cause He is Too Sick to Work--Cn.'ti:c.i-
insly Ee Gazes Into the Nu>kets ;:aG is
Saved by Lieutenant.
The Americus, Ca, Recorder publish
es story illustrative of General B"aggs
cruelty. The scene Of this cruelty was
Ccrnith, Miss, and the time daring The
retreat from Shiloh. Bragg was = sson-
ally experimenting the loading q the
cars. He had great bury fellow
cursing the men and melting them TO
greater activity. A young soldicc not
over 20, tall and handsome, though pale
and delicate, passed up the plsssorm
looking for the cars in which the sick
were to be transported. He was evident
ly Ill. The burly fellow hailed linn,
ordered him to fall in and help aeave
the goods into the cars. The soldier re
Piled that he was too Ill to wo-k; had he
been able he would have been with ms
regiment. The big fellow calls'' the
generals attention to this insubo:: INA
ton, and General Bragg ordered the
young man to go to work. He repeated
the answer be had given the man IL
charge Of the squad.
The generals eye seemed to fas:l FIRE
as he exclaimed:
''Whatl You dare to disohey my
orders?"
81 do" calmly replied the young nan.
The general called lieutenant OF a
Louisiana company Of regulars Going
guard duty, and said:
ssTake six OF your company and carry
this man to that grove and shoot :,lm.
The lieutenant called his men, bit be-
fore going to the grove General lsragg
took him aside and talked for moment.
The recalcitrant soldier was then aiken
to the grove and placed upon ssool
With his back to tree. He refused to
<he bin6folded, but took of his H'a-vch,
chain and ring, wrote q name CT piece
of paper ans handed it all to the he::Sen-
ant, asking that the jewe]ry be se1t to
,the address given.
s!Aow an read y, lie said.
The muskets were iereled. The young
man looked at their nluzzles as calmly as
thouok he vas being photograp pasd:
After moment the lieutenant ordered
esRecoyer arms He rushed upon the
vouna solder, complmented him upon
his bravery, returned his !ewelry, and
ordered him to go.
s.Where is toe boy?" General tragg
asked OF the lieutenant few minutes
Later.
ssGone,' was the reply, and the story
of the Young mans behavior was told.
The general had search made for nm,
saving; s.I'l promote him. The solder
was not found.
and there the Recorder story c&lae to
,n end. It leaves one IN as uhsat:stac-
torv state as one Of Frank Stockton's
stories What became of the sol iler?
I'D he die in hospital? Did he lsse to
be come food for powder?
Post-Dispaseh reporter discovered
+bs . :, slel this morning: heard the Incl
don't a, u its conclusion 1ro2a the kra7e
vonnc $, N,3er's own lips.
YES" s5nitted DR.. Cha--'es GSrcaa'
e.I was the Young soldier" He vas SIT
TING in his OF Zee at 1881 Chouteau as
nns' rns resting af. >er an au-night battle with
an obstreperous l7atient. 81 closed the
book of the war ye,Ts ago. It contains
SO much that is UNI pleasant and bitter
that I have seldom Jared to open it.
Sometimes when I read "reminiscences In
in the papers grow interested IN taem.
I read the Recorder story. 1t IS quite
correct as to the features OF the incl
dent"
ssWon't --ou tell the story again..
sI was member of the Beauregard
Rifles of the Crescent Regiment from
New Orleans. After Shiloh the Confed-
crate army retreated to Cornith, and be-
ing attacked there made a demonstra-
ton, under the cover CT which the re-
treat was made to Tupelo. At Cornltb
I was taken III with camp fever. I could
not find surgeon, for everything was
in confusion, and SO I went to the train.
where I expected to find surgeon and
get transportation. l felt that [ was no:
able to walk to Tupelo with my reg-
ment. I was stopped as described and
taken to the woods to be shot.
ssWhat were your sensations 5hle
ryaaNug for the command OF sFire?' :"
81 eannot hardly tell. A man who
has been in danger before will on such
en- occasion resign himself to his fate. 4
nrnbress comes over him and he does
not much care If his last moment come.
then. 7 had been in dangerous places
before. I had been in Shiloh and other
actions. I resigned myself.
s.Did yon doubt you had been taken
out to be shot,"
81 had not the least doubt IN the
word that I was standing there to be
killed. as the muskets looked at me l
took what thought was my last breath.
When the lieutenant ordered the men to
6, cover arms, I could not understand
Ehy was not dead. AS soon es | was
l;hsra,> ed I went away quickly. The
o, o',+-soe 70 which l had been subjected
I'D proba, ,bly the fear caused by m!
u Sauoer had entirely cured me o. The
@ serss I felt stcong and well, and, re-
ioinins nv COM eany, marched al the
way to TupeIo without a recurrence o.
the fever" g.,
"Did you ever afterwsrd see Genera!
Bragg?" r, 2,xo
card Rifles, bearing the name OF the
Great general, and coming from his
home, were detailed to guard MS heao